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Ros Turner

Hi, i was pruning my jasmines the other day and i was
wondering what i could do with the clippings off it, i live
on a farm so i want to ask is it poisonous to feed jasmine
to cattle or sheep, you have said on your website that the
sap and berries are fatal, but you didn't say who it was
fatal for? could you please tell me wheather i can feed it
to my sheep or cattle or if i have to put it in the bin or
burn it. thank you

Keith's Reply

Jasmine and any of its parts are deadly to horses, sheep or cattle.
The best you can do with it is burn it. Be careful that the animals
don't have access to the growing plants, the sweet smell usually
keeps them away from eating it, but its better safe than sorry.

If you need any more advice just let me know. Thanks for visiting
our site.

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Pauline Cawthra

I was just checking up day lilies for being poisonous to
cattle as we are allowed to throw some weeds in the farmer's
dump, but a neighbour put some rhododendron prunings there &
killed 4 cows in calf. I hope you will add this to your
list.

Keith's Reply

Very sorry to hear about the cows, its a real shame, rhododendron is
included in the lists on my website as they are highly poisonous.

Thanks for visiting our website.Regards Keith

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Noel Salisbury

I believe that to
ascribe 'Who it affects' to just "Birds And Children" for
Belladonna is inadequate........I have read that just 3
berries can kill a grown person.?

Keith's Reply

Thanks for info. I have ammended the error on the Website regarding
Belladona.

Message sent by :
Noel Salisbury

Thanks, Keith - It's a very strong poison after all

Message sent by :
Lori

This morning I observed my Mini eating my
Burning Bush (has red berries). Looking at your toxic plant
list it mentions toxic if eaten, but no mention of horses.
Should I remove the Burning Bush?

Keith's Reply

Hi Lori, as you know horses are extremelly stomach delicate,
anything that can upset their stomach can lead to a colic, if you
can fence the burning bush off someway it would be better, sometimes
horses won't touch these plants, for example, I have a poinsettia
next to my horses and they don't touch it but if they decided to eat
it it would cause them a strong mouth irritation. If you can't fence
it off they you have no option but to consider removing it. If you
need any more advice don't doubt in asking.

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Carole

Hi, I'm trying to find out if the dead
leaves of the myosporum laetum are still toxic to horses,
and how much does one have to eat before it affect them.
Thanks for any information.

Keith's Reply

Hi Carole, as far as I know the myoporum laetum is extremelly toxic,
leaves and fruits are toxic and may be fatal to livestock. The toxin
(ngaione) is a furanoid sesquiterpene ketone that constitutes
70%-80% of oil of ngaio, an essential oil. The fruit is less toxic
than the leaves and toxines are released with leaf fall. The ammount
that has to be eaten depends much on the size of the animal
but it doesn't take much to kill an animal like a horse which is
very sensitive to most toxines. I hope this information if helpful
to you, thanks for visiting my site.

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Carole

Keith, thanks for the information, I just
did not know if the dead leaves were toxic as well. Also if
it was a horse around 1.000 lbs. do you have any idea how
much they'd need to eat, it not, could you refer me on.
Thanks.

Keith's Reply

Hi Carole, contact Dan Brown from Cornell University, I consider him
to be one of the best experts on toxic plants. I have recommended
many people to contact him. Mention canaryzoo.com when contacting
him. I hope he can help you.